HAITI ON EVERYONES MIND

Finally Haiti has the world's attention. We will all wait to see if our texts and other donations can help organizations deliver immediate aid and begin the process of rebuilding the country's infrastructure and homes. We have all heard about Yele.org Wyclef's organization but there is another organization that could be instrumental in Haiti's recovery: Funkoze.org.

They are a microcredit institution with branches all over Haiti providing a necessary banking service to those considered unbankable, the rural poor. Not only do they offer the loans, they provide assistance and monitoring to help clients build and grow their businesses. Surely they will be extremely involved in the reconstruction efforts as they have been so diligent in improving Haitian livelihoods before this disaster. When the economy soured things had gotten especially tight for Funkoze and they were have trouble maintaining very successful new programs. Donate now to keep them going www.Funkoze.org.

Also to learn more about Haiti's political past and their struggle for true democracy watch The Agronomist, a great documentary about Jean Dominique founder of Radio Haiti. Review here.